Terminology #1
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| Antibiotic | Is a substance that is used to kill or stop the growth of bacteria in the body.
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| Antiviral | Refers to a drug that fights viral infections in the body.
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| Absorption | Is the time it takes for a drug to work after the drug passaes from the intestines into the bloodstream.
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| Active ingredient | Is the chemical found in the medication known or believed to have a therapeutic effect.
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| Acute | Refers to a disease or illness with a sudden onset and a short duration.
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| Adverse Reaction | Denotes an unwanted or unexpected side effect or reaction to a medication; it may also result from an interaction among two or more medications.
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| Allergy | Is a sensitivity of the immune system to a chemical or drug; an allergy causes symptoms ranging from rashes to more severe symptoms such as irregular breathing.
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| Analgesic | Refers to a substance used to relieve acute chronic pain.
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| Antianxiety | Describes substance that reduce or relieve anxiety.
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| Antibody | Is a protien produced by the immune system to respond to foreign substances in the body.
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| Anticoagulant | Refers to a substance that stops blood clotting (also known as a blood thinner).
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| Antidepressant | Is a substance that helps to maintain proper hormone balance levels to decrease depressive moods.
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| Antidiarrheal | Relieves and decreases G.I. activity that produces diarrhea.
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| Antifungal | Refers to a substance that kills fungus growing in or on the body.
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| Antihistamine | Refers to a substance that stops the effect of histamine release that causes sneezing, watery eyes, and congestion.
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| Anti-hypertensive | Substance that work to lower blood pressure.
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| Anti-inflammatory | Substance that reduces and relieve inflammation
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| Antipyretic | Refers to a substance that relieves and lowers a high fever.
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| Antitussive | Relieves a severe cough.
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| Arthritis | Is a condition characterized by inflammation in the joints.
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| Asthma | Is a condition that affects a patient's breathing by restricting the airways and oxygen supply due to inflammation, swelling, and irritation.
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| Bronchitis | Is a medical condition characterized by an acute inflammtion of the bronchial tubes in the lungs.
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| Buccal Tablet | A tablet that is dissolved in the lining of the cheek insteat of being swallowed whole.
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| Capsule | Is a solid dosage form of a medication usually made of gelatin, which holds fine particles of a solid or liquid particle.
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| Cardiovascular Disease | Refers to condition of the heart and circulation system.
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| Chewable Tablet | Tablet ate chewed instead of swallowed whole.
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| Chronic | Refers to a disease or illness that has a long duration(i,e. lifetime)
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